Nov. 11, 2006

Results

VALPARAISO, Ind. - Six different swimmers and one diver accounted for seven individual wins to help the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's swimming & diving team to a 150-69 victory over Valparaiso on Saturday afternoon. UWM also won both relay events to improve its all-time series record against the Crusaders to a perfect 13-0.

"This was just a solid team effort," UWM head coach Dave Griffore said. "This is a great way to start the weekend and help us get focused for tomorrow."

The Panthers took home the top two spots in four events (1000 freestyle, 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke) and finished 1-2-3 in the 200 freestyle.

Junior David Yugo led the way in the 200, winning in 1:49.05. Junior Tyler Jefferson was just behind, taking second in 1:49.61. Freshman Matt Mahoney was third.

In the 1000, sophomores Robby Leibold and David Adams took first and second, with Leibold touching the wall in 9:45.51 and Adams in 10:07.21.

In the 50 free, freshman Ed Lichinsky was the winner in 23.16, with classmate Eric Burns right behind at 23.33.

The 100 fly saw junior Ross Bittner touched-out a victory in 55.13, just topping freshman Marts Makstenieks, who took second in 55.23.

"We really spread the kids out and had them swim different events today," Griffore said. "We had them swim in other events to see what they could do and it really worked out."

Griffore had junior Chase Gravengood compete in the 100 backstroke, which he won in 54.00. Jefferson was right behind in 55.10. Other winners for UWM included senior Corey Kupfer in one-meter diving and junior Jeremy Seibel in the 500 freestyle.

Freshman Jeremy Waldhart also had a good day, taking second in both the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke.

Milwaukee continues its road trip with a double-dual against Butler and UIC Sunday afternoon, starting at 1 p.m. CST.